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Using the right technical skills, unique methodologies, best practices, and integrated technology, we help clients implement bold solutions. New approaches to emerging and evolving threats. Non-traditional ways to overcome entrenched obstacles. Advantage through opportunity. If you have a serious challenge or problem, we can help you solve it.  The below job description provides details on how this role will help to serve our clients.

Background

The Department of Defense’s (DoD) CTR Program is a threat based, counter-weapons of mass destruction (CWMD) program, and the Department works cooperatively with allies and partners to reduce or eliminate WMD threats. The DoD’s CTR Program is guided by the 2017 National Security Strategy, 2018 National Defense Strategy, and the DoD Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Strategy. Its primary purpose is to reduce and eliminate WMD threats. The cooperative nature of the DoD’s CTR activities yields a secondary benefit of strengthening regional alliances, deepening existing partnerships, and attracting new partners. Consequently, the DoD, through the CTR Program, has helped create a network of likeminded allies and partners with increased threat reduction capabilities that contribute and advance the interests and security of the United States of America.

The CTR Program directly supports United States (U.S.) national security objectives and initiatives by:

1. Facilitating—

• a. the safe and secure transportation and storage of nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons- usable or high-threat radiological materials, nuclear weapons components, and associated delivery vehicles; and
• b. the elimination of nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons components, and nuclear weapons delivery vehicles.

2. Preventing the proliferation of nuclear and chemical weapons, weapons components, and weapons-related materials, technology, and expertise.

3. Preventing the proliferation of biological weapons, weapons components, and weapons-related materials, technology, and expertise, which may include activities that facilitate detection and reporting of highly pathogenic diseases or other diseases that are associated with or that could be used as an early warning mechanism for disease outbreaks that could affect the Armed Forces of the United States or allies of the United States, regardless of whether such diseases are caused by biological weapons.

4. Preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction-related materials, including materials, equipment, and technology that could be used for the design, development, production, or use of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and the means of delivery of such weapons.

5. Carrying out military-to-military and defense contacts for advancing the mission of the Program.

Responsibilities: Biological Threat Reduction Program Science Lead

Team management

• Responsible for managing A&AS teams of scientists, specialists, and project officers (approximately 30 personnel). This role requires managerial leadership, delegation, resourcing, and staffing skills to include staffing new personnel, negotiating time/effort with clients, distributing tasks, and managing staff conducting periodic international travel.
• Client management is essential and will require periodic client feedback on personnel, processes, and deliverables.
• Provide leadership of staff at various education and experience levels through mentoring and coaching. This will include overseeing new personnel training, addressing performance issues, and leading/coordinating annual performance appraisals.
• Collaboration with fellow Leads across the larger A&AS team of project officers, acquisition specialists, operations managers, and strategic planners is required for information sharing, strategic initiatives, staffing, quality control, etc.

Direct client technical support

• Lead weekly sync meetings with government Chief Scientist. Discuss upcoming meetings, contracting and finance actions, taskers, meetings, personnel/staffing discussions, process improvement, track Science Team initiatives, etc.
• Support development of BTRP’s science strategies and messaging.
• Weekly Activity Report (WAR): Review and consolidate inputs, making recommendations for significant revisions.
• Managerial responsibilities for team equities to formal DoD taskers including review, distribution, and progress toward completion.
• Technical responsibilities supporting program events including program reviews and scientific conferences. Lead A&AS coordination of technical contribution including identification of participants, evaluation of presentation materials, generation of final report, etc.
• Attend and support client meetings in both managerial and technical roles. These may/will include: Contracting & Finance meetings, Weekly Ops Meetings, Bi-weekly Science Meetings, Monthly Proposal Evaluation Board Meetings, Business Meetings, and working groups as needed.

• Education/Experience: The candidate must possess a master’s degree and have over 10 years of relevant experience.
• Excellent managerial, organizational, and written/oral communication skills.
• Interim DoD SECRET clearance or higher.
• Ability to work on multiple projects which includes resourcing, tracking, follow-up and follow-through to project completion.
• Flexibility/adaptability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to lead, mentor, and coach employees.
• 15% travel. Willingness to travel internationally as needed.

Desired Skills/Qualifications

• Education/Experience: The desired candidate should possess a PhD degree in a related biology field in an effort to support defense / national security related projects.
• Familiarity with DTRA Cooperative Threat Reduction.
• Familiarity with nonproliferation and international engagement experience.
• Candidates with a final Secret, Top Secret, or Top Secret/SCI clearance are preferred.
• Federal Acquisition life-cycle expertise.

The Red Gate Group, Ltd. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. The Red Gate Group, Ltd. considers applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or membership in any other group protected by federal, state, or local law.  EEO is the Law